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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Build new facilities in South Arlington, where the county needs them, already!

Stop messing around with boundaries and whatnot to try to alleviate crowding in the south by moving kids north. Please.

And I live in North Arlington. [/quote]

They can’t.  APS has stated In published reports that they are beyond the point of building their way out of the capacity crisis.  They have to work with the facilities that they have.  Even if they had the capital, it takes 10 years to bring a new school online.  I would expect boundary changes, relocatable classrooms, and potentially leased office space for schools in the future.  They can’t build anything new.  It’s not even worth discussing.[/quote]

It really defies all logic to say Arlington county cannot fix this.  Sure different entities within Arlington county own different parcels of land, but come on.  It is all one county government.

The overcrowding has been an issue for more than a decade.  Poor planning then, and continued poor planning now, makes the problem worse.  Leasing space for schools is a good idea though.  It would be quicker than building a new school.[/quote]

I agree that that they have been terrible planners.  The money spent on HB Woodlawn-  a school in Rosslyn surrounded by current and projected affordable housing units- blows my mind.  Those kids aren’t in the walk zone for anywhere and we could have  had some type of neighborhood school there rather than a fancy option school for rich people.  But I do take APS at face when they say they aren’t building more schools.  I think they are going to try and be creative with existing schools and possibly leading vacant office space.  G_d help us.[/quote]

I love living in Arlington.  But this is my biggest concern about staying here.  My kids are young and already it’s clear we did not plan for the growth in the south and we are not planning for future growth.  Seems like we are rearranging deck chairs on the titanic now because there’s no place to build new schools.[/quote]

As a parent of a middle school and high school student, I’d say that these concerns have been front and center since we’ve been in the system. It’s mostly wasted energy and angst, in retrospect. My experience has been that school location and assignments etc. tend to work out well enough, even if you’re unlucky enough to be in a cohort that is forced to transition to a different school at some point (been there, done that). All if this distracts from the issue you should be worrying about, and that is the curriculum and the education your child is getting. Focus on what they’re learning or not learning; worry less about where they’ll be doing it.[/quote]

PP. I’m concerned about the overcrowding in the middle school
And high schools and how much worse it’s going to get. And there’s no good relief for south Arlington elementaries.  Career center will be a band aid for the high school crunch.

Not worried about moving schools.   Worried about not having enough seats in schools with all the growth the county is planning for. [/quote]
Nah, high school is easy. They will just add more seats to WL with rented office space and the buck property. Maybe some night courses and virtual. [/quote]

Which Buck property?  I thought the Buck Property that could be used by APS was in the Wakefield zone.  Is there another one?  I’m curious! I agree about the leased office space, night school, and virtual options.  I think these are the solutions APS will use.[/quote]

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